Senior Creative Strategist – Paid Social

You’ll be the strategic lead on one of the world’s largest beauty brands, inside an employee-owned, B Corp-certified social-first agency that has deliberately kept itself under 20 people. It’s a studio that has turned cultural intelligence into a standalone product – strategy sold as strategy, not a service wrapped around a creative brief. 

As the agency moves to a leaner, more agile model, you’ll have real influence over how the strategic function rebuilds around you. This can be worked as a 3-6 month fixed-term contract, or a rolling freelance booking.

The Role
The majority of your time will be spent on the flagship beauty account – we’re talking Pinterest strategy, YouTube Shorts, paid social, and genuinely new territory in LLM and geo-targeted work. This is frontier social, not repeat playbook.

You’ll own campaign planning end-to-end: translating business objectives into social-native concepts, setting KPIs and reporting methods, and turning data into single-minded direction that guides creative. The remaining time goes to pitches and a small roster of other clients.

In a team this size, you’re hands-on. You build the frameworks, you’re in the data, you challenge client assumptions directly, and you’ll mentor junior strategists. 

The Package
£70,000 – £80,000 pro rata
Hybrid working: 2 days in the office
3-6 month fixed-term contract or rolling freelance

The Person
You’re a social-first Senior Strategist, likely from a creative or social agency, with real platform depth across Pinterest, YouTube Shorts and paid social, and ideally an early view on LLM/GEO. You’ve built playbooks and KPI frameworks from scratch and worked directly with insights tools. 

Category matters less than craft, though beauty or personal care experience helps. Above all, you want your own strategic voice, and you’re happy doing the work, not just approving it.